EconomyCommentary
Yet again, the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act has spawned an out-of-touch regulation that could harm millions of Americans. The proposed rule titled “Payday, Vehicle Title, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
With the leak of Donald Trump’s tax records by The New York Times, and following round two of the presidential debates in which both candidates… Read More
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Armand Lauzon is working to revolutionize the beauty industry in Nashville. But until Monday, the Tennessee Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners, a state regulatory… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress is up to no good. Lawmakers passed a continuing resolution before the end of the fiscal year that will fund the government only until… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
A new working paper by economists Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva purports to overturn a widely cited finding that capital should not be taxed; it… Read More
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A government watchdog found that over the last decade, annual government spending on public relations and advertising activities averages $1.5 billion. The Government Accountability Office… Read More
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The Obama administration is pulling on both ends of the rope in the tug-of-war over housing regulation. Heritage Foundation calculations found that the typical American… Read More
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By virtually any measure, America’s freight rail system is one of the best in the world. In fact, rail transports a full 40 percent of… Read More
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Conservatives are wary of internet sales tax legislation in the works that would create an “unlevel playing field” for online businesses. Republican leadership in Congress… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Hillary Clinton’s newly proposed top estate tax rate of 65 percent on $1 billion estates can sound innocuous enough to the average taxpayer. Last year… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security, and the government program is going broke. If Congress doesn’t take action to reform the nation’s largest entitlement program,… Read More
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“We can no longer tolerate this infraction.… We will no longer tolerate this behavior!!” A government-sponsored board in Arizona has posted this message on the… Read More
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After less than two years in Congress, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., thinks he’s figured out what’s needed to fix the cumbersome way lawmakers fund the… Read More
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The World Trade Organization announced this week that it expects global trade to grow much slower than originally projected. WTO analysts, who projected global trade… Read More
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Hours after the Senate passed a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, logged onto Facebook to record a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We all knew President Barack Obama’s lame-duck presidency would be bad, but for the millions of Americans who work at family farms and businesses, it’s… Read More
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Three days before the federal government’s spending authority expired, the Senate advanced a 10-week continuing resolution by a 72-26 vote, putting spending on autopilot and… Read More
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Many people have been impacted by the harm that can be caused by cigarette smoking, including the loss of family members. The market has found… Read More
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Taxpayers expect their government to spend tax dollars wisely, on activities that benefit the public. But across the country, governments at all levels give away… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tax reform remains a central issue in Washington because of its overwhelming necessity. Tax reform is badly needed to revive the slow-growing economy and increase… Read More
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Steel producers in the United States are facing stiff competition from China and other countries, whose high steel production rates are driving down the prices… Read More
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Time to change those outdated signs, ladies. It’s no longer the case that “women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.” According… Read More
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This past Monday marked the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton using the Antiquities Act to create the 1.5 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in… Read More
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When Congress returns to Capitol Hill on Monday to hammer out a stopgap spending measure, House conservatives plan to introduce a spending safety valve that… Read More
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In his final budget proposal, President Barack Obama proclaimed that the federal budget is “on a more sustainable fiscal path.” This is simply not true. Over the last two… Read More
EconomyCommentary
After voting to proceed to a bill that didn’t exist earlier this week, the Senate has finally produced text of the continuing resolution, a short-term… Read More
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Before lawmakers in the House could read the Senate’s plan to fund the government after the end of the month, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s not every day you see a significant portion of Republican senators supporting a taxpayer bailout—especially for a private union pension plan. But today, six… Read More
EconomyCommentary
During the last farm bill debate in 2013 and 2014, The Heritage Foundation was frequently asked what a free-market alternative to the farm bill would… Read More
EconomyNews
In 2006, Chris Hausman, a fourth-generation Midwestern farmer long accustomed to depending on government support for survival, traveled across the world to witness a revolution… Read More
